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The clinical significance of Lunx mRNA detection in plasma and peripheral mononuclear cells in patients with lung cancer

  

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Changzhou Second People′s Hospital,Nanjing Medical University,Jiangsu Changzhou 213003,China
  • Received:2012-05-16 Online:2012-08-30 Published:2012-08-08

Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical auxiliary diagnosis significance of lung-specific X gene (Lunx) mRNA detection in plasma and peripheral mononuclear cells in patients with lung cancer. Methods Lunx mRNA in plasma and peripheral mononuclear cells was detected by fluorescence quantitation polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in patients with lung cancer,benign lung disease,extrapulmonary tumor and healthy subjects.   Results The positive rate of Lunx mRNA from plasma in lung cancer group was significantly higher than those in benign lung disease group (χ2=113.10,P<0.01), extrapulmonary tumor group (χ2=125.34,P<0.01) and healthy subjects (χ2=100.33,P<0.01). The positive rate of Lunx mRNA in plasma in patients with Ⅲ-Ⅳ stages of lung cancer was significantly higher than that in patients with Ⅰ-Ⅱ stages of lung cancer (χ2=7.07,P<0.05). The positive rate of Lunx mRNA in peripheral mononuclear cells in lung cancer group was significantly higher than those in benign lung disease group (χ2=32.79,P<0.01),extrapulmonary tumor group (χ2=44.44,P<0.01) and healthy subjects (χ2=44.44,P<0.01). The positive rate of Lunx mRNA in peripheral mononuclear cells in patients with Ⅲ-Ⅳ stages of lung cancer was significantly higher than that in patients with Ⅰ-Ⅱ stages of lung cancer (χ2=24.52,P<0.01). For the auxiliary diagnosis of lung cancer, the sensitivity of Lunx mRNA detection in plasma was higher than that in mononuclear cells (χ2=36.46,P<0.01). The negative predictive value of the Lunx mRNA detection in plasma was higher than that in mononuclear cells (χ2=16.37,P<0.01).   Conclusions The detection of Lunx mRNA in plasma and peripheral mononuclear cells can be used for the auxiliary diagnosis of lung cancer. The sensitivity in plasma is higher than that in mononuclear cells.

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Key words: Lung-specific X gene, Circulating RNA, Circulating tumor cell, Polymerase chain reaction, Lung cancer